Chapter 125 Little ambition
Another autumn rain.
The so-called autumn rain and cold are the old saying is not bad at all. The weather is getting colder day by day, and the wind in the mountains is even more bitter.
Fortunately, several bricklayers in the village worked hard for several days and replenished the roof of the dilapidated temple, and the location of leaking rain was much less.
Many families in the village sent thatch, and thatch could also be exchanged for points. Although not many, these points seemed to be more valuable than thatch. If Gu Xiang had not set a total amount, the entire temple would have been blocked tightly by thatch.
After the rain that day, Gu Xiang took Jiang's clothes out to remove them and dried them. In the past two days, Jiang has been struggling in the mountains. Not only did he have several torn clothes, but he was also covered in soil and sweat. He was so dirty.
Mrs. Jiang was not idle either. After sleeping for two hours, she got up and packed up the old man and the old lady's bedding, beat and baked it.
Xiao Zhang's face tilted on the door panel with a depressed expression. Jiang was a little disgusted with her and frowned and hummed twice.
Gu Laoshi was startled: "Shh!"
"Shhhhhhhh, just she's tired?"
Jiang sneered, "It's tiring to take care of the two elders, but Sanniang is running outside, so she doesn't suffer? I'm not tired in the mountains? Those medicinal herbs grow on cliffs. Every time I go up, I feel that I can't get down. Why, don't I suffer?"
Gu Laoshi smiled bitterly: "I know you have worked hard, but I should go."
Seeing the wrinkles on his face and the gray hair on his sideburns, Jiang stopped and muttered for a while: "Looking at this, I really want to split up."
Soon, Jiang stopped talking, but Xiao Zhang pulled Gu Qiang up, and his expression rarely showed some calmness: "My brother and sister, you are right, I just said, we don't want the house left by our parents at home, and we only save the money for our couple, and we will leave the rest for you and your third brother."
Jiang: “…”
This means that Boss Gu will not stay at home to serve his parents.
As for the third brother's study, they didn't care.
Before Gu Laoshi and Gu Qiang spoke, Xiao Zhang's eyes turned red: "We are living together, you are not uncomfortable, I am not uncomfortable, yes, our second wife is not a good person, I am sorry, Sanniang, it has a disgusted among the clan. Then she is also my daughter born ten months pregnant. No matter how much I love Silang or not, I didn't think she would die. Now she is gone, I don't know who to blame or hate, but I just can't stand it when I let me live with you."
"As for my parents, don't say that my family Gu Qiang is the eldest son and grandson, so I should take care of my family. I only gave me more betrothal gifts when I married me back then, and I married you, Jiang. My family almost emptyed the family's assets and bought a betrothal gift, and even provided me with my third uncle's studies. Most of the money in the family was filled in. Our family Gu Qiang contributed the most to the family and received the least money. Now I have to be selfish. You can serve your parents and give you the family business. Gu Qiang and I are leaving."
Jiang's chest was blocked, but for a moment she was speechless.
Gu Laoshi refused to say anything.
Several families next to them looked at Gu Xiang through the crack in the window and gave each other a wink. Everyone was carrying the Gu family on their backs, but they were talking in private.
"If I were Xiao Zhang, I would have to divide the family. Is the canteen run by the third lady? That would be good. I told my son that our family and young people should remember the kindness of the third lady, but if I were a member of the Gu family, I would also like to watch the third lady be a Bodhisattva so generous and supplement my own money and the grain I saved, and I would have to be happy."
The canteen sells food, and each villager can only buy one serving a day, but even so, he has only been selling but not in these days. He has sold a lot of food, but he has received very little food.
"Gu Sanniang is doing money and effort, what's the point of doing this!"
"Who knows! I heard that the third lady was still buying land everywhere, and it would be fine. She also collected the acres of poor land that the Zhou family backed by, and also collected the mountain land. After collecting the fertile land, I heard that it would still be rented to tenants for half the rent. Xiao Zhang secretly scolded the third lady for being a prodigal son for not having a day, saying that Gu Chen was favored her. If he continued like this, sooner or later he would implicate their big house."
Zhou Dongniang heard their muttering words, rolled her eyes and whispered: "You don't understand. I think Sanniang has her own plans. Don't you see it? Many people in our village have become Sanniang's tenants. Many people think that farming for Sanniang is much better than giving to others. She is familiar with the county officials. I heard that she also knows noble people from the capital. Now, Sanniang is the one who makes the decision about the Gu clan."
This is true.
However, no few peasant women thought this was a good thing.
Gu is so poor, what's the use of keeping Gu's business? The third lady didn't say anything and quickly planned to marry a good family and give birth to a son, but she did these useless things!
"At that time, she was appreciated by noble people and her reputation improved greatly. However, she was not there. She quickly struck while the iron was hot and chose a good younger child to live. She dragged it around until now, everyone is cold-hearted. The younger child has married someone else. I think what should she do."
Mrs. Jiang was also very worried about this.
"Sanniang is about to be sixteen, hey!"
Gu Xiang was completely unaware of her mother's concerns. She had just come out of the grandfather's house of the clan leader and didn't say anything important. She just bought a few wastelands between the village and the county town and informed the old clan leader.
Another thing is road construction.
Guzhuang is on the mountain, too far from the county town. If there is a good road, it will be much more convenient for the villagers. Anyway, there are a lot of idle labor now, and road construction is allowing them to spend their energy.
The wasteland was really incredibly cheap. She had just thought that the Gu family's house would collapse. She thought that the place was not safe, so she planned to choose a place in the village and build a safer house for the family to live in. As a result, Ermu went to the county to sign a contract, which made County Magistrate Wang criticize him and said that it would be better to buy it in the county town than to buy a house in the village. Although the county town is in chaos at this moment, the chaos has not lasted for a long time. With her skills, she opened a restaurant in the county town and said that she would not make any money every day.
After Gu Xiang thought about it, the county town was first released. The location not far from Guzhuang was not bad. More importantly, the land was cheap. The money she saved could buy two hills.
So the desire to buy becomes more and more out of control.
As I bought it, I felt that her lazy muscles and bones started to break out. Why did she want to travel all over the world and have fun in all directions?
Can't she live in secluded mountains and open a restaurant, and still have a banquet in all directions?
Dreams can still be done.
Moreover, her life is strange. It should be necessary to turn Gu into her own territory before it was exposed.
While Gu Xiang was looking at the cafeteria and earning the food she needed to consume every day, she scattered a large sum of copper coins every day, hoarding materials to build a house in barren mountains. Even if the Gu family was splitting, she didn't care about paying attention.
Chapter completed!